The Five Kage Summit had existed since the founding of the five great ninja villages in the five great nations. The earliest proposal had come from Konoha, a meeting convened by the First, Senju Hashirama, with the Kage of the other four great ninja villages.
It had originally been meant to discuss how to divide the tailed beasts and sign peace treaties. The so-called Five Kage Summit was the First's way of placing his hopes in peace. He had hoped that all conflicts and disputes could be settled through negotiation rather than force, but such an idea and approach were undoubtedly exceedingly naive and foolish.
Why had there been a brief peace in the first place? Wasn't it because the First and Uchiha Madara had displayed inhuman strength during the First Shinobi World War, power that none of the great ninja villages could rival? Combined with the First freely distributing the tailed beasts to the other villages, there was both the threat of force and the benefit of shared interests.
The method of giving a stick before offering a carrot was what laid the foundation for that brief peace after the war. Yet the First had truly believed it was the fulfillment of his wish, the result of people understanding one another. That was truly... just as the Second Hokage always said: his older brother was too naive.
Thus, without the First noticing, the Second Hokage had done many things for Konoha—things that were truly practical. People were always selfish. Even if they could understand one another at a certain moment, that moment was extremely fleeting. Those capable of universal love were few in the end.
Of all things in the world, selfishness was the root of human nature. Wherever there were people, disputes would never cease!
The original purpose